Pet sanitary litter facility

ABSTRACT

A sanitary litter facility for use by pets, which is portable and readily cleansed. The device is in the form of an open pan in which a detachable platform is mounted to the container sides. Opposite sides of the container each have a mounting slot to receive a protrusion extending from each end of the platform. The platform is designed to support the weight of an animal pet, and is designed with a large open slot to enable the excrement of a pet, resting on the platform, to be gathered on the pan bottom. A flexible tube, for flushing the container, is fastened to one container side, with the free end of the tube fitted with a flexible socket for fastening over a water faucet. The container is preferably fabricated of plastic, with the detachable platform fabricated of a stainless steel.

United States Patent 119] Barnum 1 Oct. 2, 1973 1 PET SANITARY LITTERFACILITY [75] Inventor: Viola Hall Barnum, New York, N.Y.- im ManceneAssistant Examiner-James H. Czerwonky [73] Assignee: The Raymond LeeOrganization, An me -Howard l, Podell Inc.,New York, NY. g 221 Filed:Feb. 1, 1972 ABSTRACT [52] U.S. Cl. l19/l [51] Int. Cl. AOIk 29/00 [58]Field of Search 119/1, 29

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,741,223 4/1956 Winburn, Jr119/1 3,227,138 7 l/19 66 .Campbell. 119/1 3,377,990 4/1968 "Mitchell...119/1 3,688,741 9/1972 Thompson et al 119/1 2,053,594 9/1936 Albert119/1 2,306,014 12/1942 Carson ll9/l 3,332,397 '7/1967' Vander Wall...119/1 3,455,277 Edwards 119/1 A sanitary litter facility for use bypets, which is portable and readily cleansed. The device is in the formof an open pan in which a detachable platform is mounted to thecontainer sides. Opposite sides of the container each have a mountingslot to receive a protrusion extending from each end of the platform.The platform is designed to support the weight of an animal pet, and isdesigned with a large open slot to enable the excrement of a pet,resting on the platform, to be gathered on the pan bottom. A flexibletube, for flushing the container, is fastened to one container side,with the free end of the tube fittedwith a flexible socket for fasteningover a water faucet. The container is prefera- 1 Claim, 2 DrawingFiguresPAIENTED UB7 2 73 PET SANITARY LITTER FACILITY SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to a device for use by dogs, cats and other petsas a sanitary litter container. An advantage of the invention is thatthe device is portable and is readily cleaned after use, enabling theowners of pets to cooperate with the current public campaigns to freethe streets of urban and suburban areas from animal litter andexcrement.

The device consists of an open pan, preferably fabricated of asemi-rigid plastic material such as heavyduty polyethelene material. Astainless steel platform is located above the container bottom by meansof protrusions on the platform which fit into slots inthe sides of thecontainer. The platform is shaped so as to support an animal, and isdesigned with a large opening, adjacent to one end of the platform, topermit the animal on the platform to exrete directly into the containerbottom, in which suitable deodorant solution may be placed. A flexibleplastic tube is attached to a fitting in the side of the container, theother end of the tube terminating in a flexible socket, adaptable forfastening over a water faucet. The tube, when attached to a watersupply, permits the container to be readily flushed and cleansed, withthe platform removed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.

The objects and features of the invention may be understood withreference to the following detailed description of an illustrativeembodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanyingdrawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of the device: and

FIG. 2 is a side view of the device.

DESCRIPTION OF TI-IE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively tothe drawing, in which similar reference characters denote similarelements throughout the several views, FIG. 1-2 illustrate the opencontainer 10 formed with external rounded lips 15 along the top edges.The container 10 is preferably fabricated of a heavy-duty polyetheleneplastic material. A horizontal slot 21 in two opposing sides of thecontainer serves to anchor curved protrusions 16 of the stainless steelplatform 12 which is mounted above the bottom 22 of the container. Asolution of deodorant 14 may be placed in the bottom of the container. Alarge open slot 13 is located in the platform 12 adjacent to the sideedges of one side of the platform 12 to permit an animal 11 on theplatform 12 to excrete directly into the container below the platform.

Flexible tube 18 is coupled to mounted fitting 17 located in a side ofthe container between the bottom 22 and the platform 12. The flexiblesocket 19 at the free end of the tube 18 may be mounted over a faucet 20to permit flushing the container with running water. Platform 12 isreadily detached from the container sides, when cleaning the device 10.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of theinvention described herein, it is indicated that all matter containedherein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent of the United States is:

1 A sanitary facility adaptable for the use of dogs, cats, or otheranimal pets consisting of an open container in which a detachableplatform is fastened to the container sides above the container bottom,opposite sides of said container each having a slot therein, saidplatform having a large open slot near one side of the platform,together-with a hollow'fitting mounted in the side of said containerabove the container bottom, said fitting being adaptable to be fastenedto an external flexible tubing, said platform having a protrusionextending from each of two opposing ends of the platform and whichmatingly fasten into one of said respective slots in each of said twoopposing sides of the container, so as to fasten said platform to thecontainer above the container bottom.

1. A sanitary facility adaptable for the use of dogs, cats, or otheranimal pets consisting of an open container in which a detachableplatform is fastened to the container sides above the container bottom,opposite sides of said container each having a slot therein, saidplatform having a large open slot near one side of the platform,together with a hollow fitting mounted in the side of said containerabove the container bottom, said fitting being adaptable to be fastenedto an external flexible tubing, said platform having a protrusionextending from each of two opposing ends of the platform and whichmatingly fasten into one of said respective slots in each of said twoopposing sides of the container, so as to fasten said platform to thecontainer above the container bottom.